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(No Model.)

L. FREIDENRIGH. SUPPLEMENTARY WAISTBAN D FOR PANTS. No. 333,0 4.

PatentdLDec. 22, 1885.

N. PETERS. FholoLithwgnphul, Washington D. a

'NrrED STATES 'LEON FBEIDENRIOH, OF NEl/V YORK, N. Y.

SUPPLEMENTARY WAISTBAND FOR PANTS.

ELPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,064, datedDecember 22, 1885.

Application filed December 11, 1883. Serial No. 114,222. (No model.)

T 0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEON FREIDENRIOH, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in W earingAppareI, of whichthe following is a specification.

My improvement relates to boys pants, and has for its object to provideon such garments elasticity at the waist thereof, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts oneach figure.

My improvementis designed for application to that class of boys pantswhich are worn without suspenders, and are connected either to ashirt-waist or direct to a jacket or the like.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a supplementary band provided withmyimprovement,in practice attached inside the upper part of boys pantsat the waist thereof. Fig. 2represents a similar band embodying myimprovement illustrated as sewed onto the waist of a pair of boys pants,showing part of the ordinary waist-lining and a portion of the garmentfabric. Fig. 3 represents a blank band'piece adapted to receiveanelastic. Fig. 4 represents a pair of pants with myimprovementattachedthereto.

A is a supplemental band made of textile cloth or like inelasticmaterial, provided with button-holes a or analogous fastening devices.When such supplementary band is provided with a series ofdownwardlyextending elastic strips or the like, as has heretofore beenpracticed, it is requisite that itslower edge, a, shall be unattachedits wh0lelength,or nearly so, to the waistband-lining C. This is anobjection able feature which is overcome by my invention.

B is a piece, of material elastic in the direction of the arrow (notlength wise) inserted in apertures b, of suitable shape, formed upon andinto the blank from which the supplementary band A is constructed. (SeeFig. 3.) The elastic B may be of any desired form; but at its center itis required to be greater in depth than at its end, as plainly shown inthe drawings. It may be curvedtoward its center, said curved partcomposing either its upper or lower line; (the latter form is indicatedin dotted lines, Fig. 1;) or it may be a triangle with its inclinedsides at top or at bottom, the latter form being indicated on aperture1;, Fig. 3; or

independent pieces B may be inserted in septhe rear of the waist-say atabout the space between letters Z Z, Fig. 4.

In carrying out myinvention I first prepare a blank strip of materialand cut out bodily therefrom a piece or pieces thereof. (See I), Fig.3.) Within said apertures I then insert a piece or pieces, as the casemay be, of elastic, B, and firmly stitch thesamein place. The bandA,with said elastics in place, is turned over and hemmed at its upperand lower edges, and the lower edge, a, is then stitched along its fulllength to the waistband-lining O, abovethe fabric D of whichzthe garmentis composed. By this construction I provide required elasticity directlyunder the rear group of fastening devices, and secure a greater degreeof elasticity toward the center of said group, whether I employa singleelastic, as shown in Fig. 1, or separate pieces, as shown in Fig. 2. Bythe attachment ofthe supplementary band A along the full length of itslower hemmed edge, a, to the waistband-lining O, I secure greatstrength, and said band A at its lower edge is always maintained in itsnormal position, thus doing awaywith the puckering gaps that inoperation occur in all analogous devices wherein the main part of thelower edge, a, is left unattached. Furthermore, by this construction Ido away with all stay-pieces or welts heretofore employed, and which, bybeing attached to the fabricD, inside the seat of the pants, present anunsightly appearance, involve labor and expense, and have the tendencyto rip or stretch said fabric at a point where the greatest strength isrequired. Such connections also to such lower welts have the effect topull up into unsightly baggy folds allthe fabric D between the points oftension, for when said welts are employed the lower edge, a, of thesupplementary band A must be normally detached nearly its whole length.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. Asupplementary waistband for panta- 1oons,provided with suitablefastening devices composed of a strip of textile material havinginserted bodily therein, within apertures I), a piece or pieces ofelastic material deeper in width at the center and tapering therefrom toeither end, said band A having its lower edge, a, stitched its fulllength to an underlying waistband'lining,O, as and for the purposeintended, substantially as described.

2. In a supplementary waistband for boys pants, an inelastic strip, A,having cut out from its body one or more apertures, b, said aperturesbeing supplied with elastic pieces B, having the greater depth at theircenters I 5 and tapering therefrom to their side ends, said 1 strip A,constructed as described, being attached along its lower edge, a, to thewaistlining G; all in combination with the rear portion of a pair ofboys pants, as and for the 20 purpose intended, substantially'asdescribed.

LEON FREIDENRIGH.

Witnesses:

Anson S. TAYLOR, SAML. H. J AOOBSON.

